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The Age: ACS Set to Call for Open Source Take-Up

"The Australian Computer Society will release an open source
policy document later this year, calling for the adoption of open
source technologies by Australian government entities and the
private sector...

"The group was set up in February and after consultations the
ACS has adopted a position 'that open source software presents a
legitimate, cost-effective, secure and efficient alternative to the
international commercial software conglomerates...'"